Rev. Moon lauded for efforts to reunify Koreas

It’s just one floral tribute among hundreds here, but the stand of white paper chrysanthemums draped by a ribbon of Korean characters bears some unique political and diplomatic weight. The wreath expresses the condolences of new young North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the death of Unification Church founder and spiritual guide the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, who devoted much of his life and ministry to seeking an end to the long standoff that has divided the Korean Peninsula for more than 60 years.

Twenty-year-old August Lindsay looks out the window of his bus while waiting for a ride back to the seminary, where he and about 1,500 Americans are staying on the grounds of the Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong-gun, Korea. August says that the Rev. Sun Myung Moon taught him about love and the reason that he himself is alive. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)